Nothing to do, it's up to you

Thursday night, Maria told me I could have Monday off, so this would be a great weekend to do something with a friend or go somewhere a bit farther away. So I got on Facebook to leave a message for my friend. I wish I had a cell phone... It's been three months, and it seems my German family just doesn't care for technology outside of children's time detective books on CD and recording episodes of McGyver or the Mentalist on DVD. Sorry... ANYwho... Felicia and I finally got to talk/chat on FB last night. After much deliberation, we decided to go to Bremen for the heck of it. Deutsche Bahn sells regional tickets for twenty-one Euros, and you can add a friend for four Euros. Talk about a deal!
So I woke up dark and early this morning to start out on our adventure. And adventure it was! We almost forgot to get off the train in Bremen. We hadn't had seats the whole ride, so we were either standing or sitting  on the stairs and greatly desired to sit down. We finally got seats when a bunch of people got off. Thirty seconds later, Felicia said, "Wait, what station is this?" Luckily we got off in time :)

From the moment we left the station (for the third time-we had to check when our train departed and then we forgot a map...), we were greeted by the Freimarkt. It's a two-week festival/market thing that happens at the end of October every year for the past 977 years. But we opted to see that last, since it was just behind the Hauptbahnhof. 

We walked around town a bit and found Schnoor, the oldest district. It's super cute! The houses, which are now little shops, are smaller than tiny.

We then stumbled upon a flea market on the bank of the Weser. I wanted a bunch of stuff, like the records for one euro, and the fixie bikes, and... and yeah. Sucker for vintage!

 There was also a Fußball game later in the afternoon or evening. See the group of green shirts? The place was crawling with people in jerseys and other team stuff.

 This, friends, is the Freimarkt. Can I just say, Gebrannte Mandeln (roasted/caramelized almonds) are my new favorite thing! WHY have I never been introduced to these amazing things before?!?

That's all, folks!